On this day in movie history - Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film (2006)

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film

a documentary directed by Tom Thurman,

written by Tom Marksbury,

was released at the Hollywood Film Festival in the U.S. on October 19, 2006.

Music by Otto Helmuth and Frank Schaap.

Narrated by Nick Nolte.

Cast:

Ed Bradley, Bob Braudis, Douglas Brinkley, William F. Buckley, Gary Busey, John Cusack, Benicio Del Toro, Johnny Depp, F.X. Feeney, Gary Hart, Art Linson, Leonard Maltin, George McGovern, Bill Murray, Laila Nabulsi, Nick Nolte, Sean Penn, Harry Dean Stanton, Ralph Steadman, Anita Thompson, Hunter S. Thompson, Juan Thompson, Nick Tosches, Jann Wenner, Tom Wolfe.

On this day in movie history - For No Good Reason (2012)

For No Good Reason

a documentary directed by Charlie Paul,

was released at the London Film Festival in the United Kingdom on October 12, 2012.

Music by Ed Harcourt, Sacha Skarbek, Slash, Jason Mraz and Thom Crawford.

Cast:

Ralph Steadman, Johnny Depp, Richard E. Grant, Terry Gilliam, Jann Wenner, Hunter S. Thompson, Hal Willner, Patrick Godfrey.

On this day in movie history - Ed Wood (1994)

Ed Wood

directed by Tim Burton,

written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski,

based on the book Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood Jr. by Rudolph Grey,

was released in the United States on September 28, 1994.

Music by Howard Shore.

Cast:

Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Lisa Marie, Jeffrey Jones, Max Casella, Bill Murray, George "The Animal" Steele, Juliet Landau, Ned Bellamy, Mike Starr, Stanley DeSantis, Rance Howard, Vincent D'Onofrio, Maurice LaMarche, G. D. Spradlin, Korla Pandit, Gregory Walcott, Conrad Brooks.

On this day in movie history - Public Enemies (2009)

Public Enemies

directed by Michael Mann,

written by Ronan Bennett, Ann Biderman and Michael Mann,

was released in the United States on June 19, 2009.

Based on the book Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933–34 by Bryan Burrough.

Music by Elliot Goldenthal.

Cast:

Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Billy Crudup, Stephen Dorff, Stephen Lang, Michael Bentt, Stephen Graham, Jason Clarke, David Wenham, Spencer Garrett, Christian Stolte, Giovanni Ribisi, John Ortiz, Domenick Lombardozzi, Bill Camp, Rory Cochrane, Richard Short, Carey Mulligan, John Michael Bolger, Branka Katić, Emilie de Ravin, Shawn Hatosy, Don Frye, Matt Craven, Channing Tatum, Lili Taylor, David Warshofsky, Peter Gerety, Michael Vieau, Casey Siemaszko, Adam Mucci, Leelee Sobieski, James Russo, Chandler Williams, John Hoogenakker.

On this day in movie history - Dead Man:

Dead Man

directed and written by Jim Jarmusch,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 27, 1995.

Music by Neil Young.

Cast:

Johnny Depp, Mili Avital, Gary Farmer, Crispin Glover, Lance Henriksen, Michael Wincott, Eugene Byrd, John Hurt, Robert Mitchum, Iggy Pop, Gabriel Byrne, Jared Harris, Jimmie Ray Weeks, Mark Bringelson, John North, Peter Schrum, Mike Dawson, Billy Bob Thornton, Michelle Thrush, Gibby Haynes, Richard Boes, George Duckworth, Thomas Bettles, Alfred Molina, Daniel Chas Stacy, Todd Pfeiffer, Leonard Bowechop, Cecil Cheeka, Michael McCarty, Steve Buscemi, John C. Carlucci.